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Republican representative for California’s 42nd district
Biden’s share of the vote in the 2020 election minus Trump’s
How often Calvert votes in line with Biden’s position
Difference between Calvert’s actual and predicted Biden support scores
Biden margin | Biden score | Biden plus-minus |
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Biden’s share of the vote in the 2020 election minus Trump’s | How often Calvert votes in line with Biden’s position | Difference between Calvert’s actual and predicted Biden support scores |
-7.3% | 11.1% | -16.2 |
Date | Measure | Biden position | Calvert vote | Agree with Biden? | Predicted chance of voting with Biden | Plus-minus |
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March 3 | Expanding health care eligibility for veterans exposed to toxins (256-174) Ken Calvert's Vote: No | support | No | | 48.3% | -48.3 |
Feb. 9 | Imposing visa restrictions on foreign people found responsible for human rights violations related to someone's sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression or sex characteristics (227-206) Ken Calvert's Vote: No | support | No | | 13.3% | -13.3 |
Feb. 8 | Improving the U.S. Postal Service's finances, services and transparency (342-92) Ken Calvert's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 79.8% | +20.2 |
Feb. 7 | Ending forced arbitration for sexual assault and sexual harrassment cases (335-97) Ken Calvert's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 77.8% | +22.2 |
Feb. 4 | Providing money for semiconductor manufacturing, supply chain improvements and scientific research (222-210) Ken Calvert's Vote: No | support | No | | 10.3% | -10.3 |
Jan. 13 | Strengthening the Voting Rights Act, campaign finance regulations and election administration rules (220-203) Ken Calvert's Vote: No | support | No | | 5.8% | -5.8 |
Jan. 12 | Expanding GI Bill eligibility for National Guard and Reserve members (287-135) Ken Calvert's Vote: No | support | No | | 63.7% | -63.7 |
Dec. 15, 2021 | Increasing the debt limit (221-209) Ken Calvert's Vote: No | support | No | | 9.9% | -9.9 |
Dec. 14, 2021 | Creating a State Department position to monitor and combat Islamophobia around the world (219-212) Ken Calvert's Vote: No | support | No | | 6.5% | -6.5 |
Dec. 9, 2021 | Limiting the power of the executive branch and increasing disclosure requirements for presidential and vice presidential candidates (220-208) Ken Calvert's Vote: No | support | No | | 9.6% | -9.6 |
Dec. 2, 2021 | Extending government funding (221-212) Ken Calvert's Vote: No | support | No | | 9.9% | -9.9 |
Nov. 19, 2021 | Providing money to expand social safety programs, fight climate change and lower health care costs (220-213) Ken Calvert's Vote: No | support | No | | 5.1% | -5.1 |
Nov. 5, 2021 | Providing money for transportation, utility and environmental infrastructure (228-206) Ken Calvert's Vote: No | support | No | | 31.6% | -31.6 |
Nov. 4, 2021 | Protecting older job applicants from discrimination in the hiring process (224-200) Ken Calvert's Vote: No | support | No | | 17.4% | -17.4 |
Oct. 26, 2021 | Reauthorizing and expanding funding for preventing domestic violence (228-200) Ken Calvert's Vote: No | support | No | | 22.9% | -22.9 |
Oct. 22, 2021 | Expanding workplace requirements for breastfeeding accommodations (276-149) Ken Calvert's Vote: No | support | No | | 61.1% | -61.1 |
Sept. 29, 2021 | Suspending the debt limit through December 16, 2022 (219-212) Ken Calvert's Vote: No | support | No | | 8.8% | -8.8 |
Sept. 24, 2021 | Protecting the right to an abortion and health care providers’ ability to provide abortion services (218-211) Ken Calvert's Vote: No | support | No | | 6.4% | -6.4 |
Sept. 21, 2021 | Extending government funding and raising the debt ceiling (220-211) Ken Calvert's Vote: No | support | No | | 6.5% | -6.5 |
Aug. 24, 2021 | Strengthening the Voting Rights Act (219-212) Ken Calvert's Vote: No | support | No | | 6.5% | -6.5 |
Aug. 24, 2021 | $3.5 trillion budget plan (220-212) Ken Calvert's Vote: No | support | No | | 6.5% | -6.5 |
July 29, 2021 | Providing emergency funding for Capitol security in response to the Jan. 6 attack and for the expansion of the Afghan visa program (416-11) Ken Calvert's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 98.3% | +1.7 |
July 28, 2021 | Making appropriations for the State Department, foreign operations and related programs (217-212) Ken Calvert's Vote: No | support | No | | 21.3% | -21.3 |
July 22, 2021 | Increasing the number of and expediting the process for visas available to Afghans who worked on behalf of the U.S. government in Afghanistan (407-16) Ken Calvert's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 96.5% | +3.5 |
July 21, 2021 | Requiring the Environmental Protection Agency to implement regulations around certain chemicals (241-183) Ken Calvert's Vote: No | support | No | | 37.8% | -37.8 |
July 20, 2021 | Allowing the Federal Trade Commission to recover money for victims of illegal business practices (221-205) Ken Calvert's Vote: No | support | No | | 16.0% | -16.0 |
July 1, 2021 | Providing money for transportation and water infrastructure (221-201) Ken Calvert's Vote: No | support | No | | 9.3% | -9.3 |
June 25, 2021 | Repealing an Environmental Protection Agency rule that removed limits on methane leaks (229-191) Ken Calvert's Vote: No | support | No | | 23.7% | -23.7 |
June 24, 2021 | Providing contraceptives to veterans without co-pays (245-181) Ken Calvert's Vote: No | support | No | | 38.8% | -38.8 |
June 24, 2021 | Repealing a rule that changed the workplace discrimination settlement process (219-210) Ken Calvert's Vote: No | support | No | | 6.7% | -6.7 |
June 24, 2021 | Repealing a rule that allowed borrowers to get loans at interest rates above the limit set by their state (218-208) Ken Calvert's Vote: No | support | No | | 10.0% | -10.0 |
June 23, 2021 | Protecting older employees from workplace discrimination (247-178) Ken Calvert's Vote: No | support | No | | 39.9% | -39.9 |
June 17, 2021 | Repealing the 2002 authorization of military force against Iraq (268-161) Ken Calvert's Vote: No | support | No | | 54.8% | -54.8 |
May 20, 2021 | Providing money for Capitol security in response to the Jan. 6 attack (213-212) Ken Calvert's Vote: No | support | No | | 23.1% | -23.1 |
May 19, 2021 | Establishing a commission to investigate the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol (252-175) Ken Calvert's Vote: No | support | No | | 47.1% | -47.1 |
May 18, 2021 | Taking steps to combat hate crimes against Asian Americans during the COVID-19 pandemic (364-62) Ken Calvert's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 88.3% | +11.7 |
May 14, 2021 | Protecting pregnant employees from workplace discrimination (315-101) Ken Calvert's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 77.3% | +22.7 |
May 13, 2021 | Providing consumers with debt-related protections (215-207) Ken Calvert's Vote: No | support | No | | 5.7% | -5.7 |
April 22, 2021 | Admitting Washington, D.C., as a state (216-208) Ken Calvert's Vote: No | support | No | | 6.7% | -6.7 |
April 21, 2021 | Requiring that people detained while trying to enter the country have access to legal counsel (217-207) Ken Calvert's Vote: No | support | No | | 6.7% | -6.7 |
April 21, 2021 | Limiting the president's authority over immigration restrictions (218-208) Ken Calvert's Vote: No | support | No | | 6.7% | -6.7 |
April 16, 2021 | Requiring health care and social service employers to have plans for preventing workplace violence (254-166) Ken Calvert's Vote: No | support | No | | 50.7% | -50.7 |
April 15, 2021 | Strengthening rules against wage discrimination (217-210) Ken Calvert's Vote: No | support | No | | 6.7% | -6.7 |
March 18, 2021 | Allowing farmworkers to get legal immigration status (247-174) Ken Calvert's Vote: No | support | No | | 43.1% | -43.1 |
March 18, 2021 | Creating a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants who came to the U.S. as children (228-197) Ken Calvert's Vote: No | support | No | | 19.6% | -19.6 |
March 17, 2021 | Reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act (244-172) Ken Calvert's Vote: No | support | No | | 44.5% | -44.5 |
March 11, 2021 | Increasing the waiting period for federal gun background checks (219-210) Ken Calvert's Vote: No | support | No | | 6.5% | -6.5 |
March 11, 2021 | Requiring background checks for all gun sales (227-203) Ken Calvert's Vote: No | support | No | | 15.7% | -15.7 |
March 10, 2021 | Providing $1.9 trillion for COVID-19 relief (220-211) Ken Calvert's Vote: No | support | No | | 5.1% | -5.1 |
March 9, 2021 | Expanding unionization and collective bargaining rights (225-206) Ken Calvert's Vote: No | support | No | | 11.2% | -11.2 |
March 3, 2021 | Expanding voting rights, changing campaign finance regulations and strengthening ethics rules (220-210) Ken Calvert's Vote: No | support | No | | 10.5% | -10.5 |
March 3, 2021 | Combating brutality and racial discrimination by police (220-212) Ken Calvert's Vote: No | support | No | | 10.0% | -10.0 |
Feb. 26, 2021 | Protecting wilderness areas in Colorado, California, Washington and Arizona from development (227-200) Ken Calvert's Vote: No | support | No | | 17.2% | -17.2 |
Feb. 25, 2021 | Prohibiting discrimination because of sex, gender identity and sexual orientation (224-206) Ken Calvert's Vote: No | support | No | | 9.0% | -9.0 |
Jan. 21, 2021 | Waiver allowing Lloyd Austin to become secretary of defense (326-78) Ken Calvert's Vote: Not Voting | support | Didn't Vote | 77.4% | ||
Average | 11.1% | 27.3% | -16.2 |
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